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Began at Williamsburg Workshop in April 1992
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Organized at Supercomputing 92 (November 92)
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Followed HPF Forum format and process
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Met every 6 weeks for two days
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Extensive, open email discussions
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Drafts, readings, votes
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Pre-final draft distributed at Supercomputing 93
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Two-month public comment period
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Final version of draft in May 1994
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Widely available now on the Web, ftp sites, netlib
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Public and optimized Vendor implementations available for Unix and Windows NT
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Further MPI Forum meetings through 1995 and 1996 to discuss additions to the standard
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Standard announced at Supercomputing 1996
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